Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45348, Timothy Driskill, Continental (Penn)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Perm.)
Driskill, Timothy
S. 45348
CONTENTS

(3,017)
New York Roll
Timothy Driskill, Colo Moylan private. 1 Pennsylvania Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8— Dollars per month, to commence the 20 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of Sept r 1818 and sent to the Hon ble D. Hartland Coxackie Hudson New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept r — 1818 — 36.00 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Mar. 1819 — 48.00
Arrears to Nov 15/30 $84.00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 Years — 1777
 Moylan
Continued
New Baltimore Green Co.
W. J. Sento
D. Hartland
Coxackie
June 13, 1820

State of New York § Greene County § 3
On this Seventeenth day of April in the year one thousand eight hun- dred & Eighteen Before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Greene personally appears Timothy Priskill aged sixty four years resident in the town of Cooperstown  New Baltimore in the said County of Greene who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision by the late act of Congress Entitled "An act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War" That he the said Timothy Priskill Enlisted in the year of our Lord 1777 on the twelfth day of December at Valley Forge in the State of Pennsylvania, in the company commanded by Captain Menafold of the fourth Regiment of Light Dragoons in the Pennsylvania line of the army of the United States - That he Continued to serve in the said Corps, or in the service of the United States, until the fourth day of December one thousand seven hundred and Eighty, when he was discharged from service in Lancaster in the State of Penn- sylvania - that his discharge was signed by Lieutenant Colonel, Commandant, Benjamin Temple and that he is in reduced circum- stances, and stands in need of the assistance

of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his person of his said service. — Timothy and Drukill Sworn & declared Before me the day & year aforesaid — Peter Botany
I Peter C Adams one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Greene as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Timothy Drukill did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy — and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the direction of the above mentioned act of Congress — Peter Botany

Timothy D. Druhill Private
20 April 1818
Hon. D. Kirtland, Hudson, N.Y.
Correct This May certify that the within named is the Druhill to me personally known to be the person within described May 6 th 1818
D. Kirtland
McLaughlin

State of New York Greene County ss
This may certify that the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Greene is a Court of Record in the State of New York - And that the said Peter C Adams before whom the foregoing proceedings and testimony was taken, was at the time of the taking thereof and still is a lawful Judge of the said Court, acting under the authority of this State - that the said Peter C Adams is to me personally known, and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and know his signature above subscribed to be genuine - - - - -
In testimony whereof I William Van Bergen Clerk of said Court have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the same Court - the fifth day of May 1818 -
William Van Bergen Clerk

(40) Timothy Dishill
Certified Copy of oath and Schedule from Pks of Green County - - -
Application to be continued as a Revolutionary Pension -
March 1819

State of New York Greene County ss.
on this thirtieth - day of May - 1820 per- sonally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Greene in the State of New York at an open Court then held at the Courthouse in the said County the same being a Court of Record which proceeds according to the course of the common Law with Jurisdiction unlimi- ted in point of amount keeping a record of their proceedings. Said thy Witness aged 65 years resident in the town of New Baltimore County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows that he Enlisted at Valley Forge in the State of Pennsylvania in the month of December 1777 for three years in the company commanded by Capt. Hainfield of Horse in the 4 th Regiment commanded by Col. Milan of the Pennsylvania line and that he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United States until the 4 th day of December 1780 when he was regularly discharged from service at Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania: That the original declaration made by him was dated on or about the 20 th day of April 1818 - and that his

Pension Certificate is Numbered 3017: And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any Manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring Myself within the provisions of an act of Congress Entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed.
My Necessary bedding and Clothing excepted Real Estate. I have none Personal Estate.
   one Weavers loom & two Reeds $ 3.75   one Small foot Wheel 2.50   two pots and one Skakettle of Iron 3.00   Earthen Ware 1.00   Six Windsor Chairs 4.50   One Hog 5.00   $19.75  

And the said Timothy Driskill further states that he is by occupation a daily laborer, and able to pursue it as far as his age will permit but not in such a manner as to support himself and family - that his family residing with him consists of a Wife aged 59 years and two daughters. One aged 20 years who is a cripple the other aged 17 years, and that they are not in a capacity to contribute to his support -
Timothy Driskill
Sworn to and declared on the 30 th day of May 1820 before in open Court W m Van Bergen Clk
I William Van Bergen Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Greene do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said Court, which is a Court of Record as set forth in the foregoing proceedings; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Nineteen Dollars and twenty five Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on the 31 st day of May 1820. W m Van Bergen - Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Greene

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
440 A April 19, 1926
Mrs. Mary Attwood 4733 N. Albany Ave., 1st Apt. Chicago, Ill.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 45348, it appears that TIMOTHY DRISKILL enlisted at Valley Forge December 12, 1777, as private in Captain Manifold's Company in the Fourth Regiment of Continental Dragoons commanded by Colonel Moylan, and was discharged December 4, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, at which time he was sixty-four years of age and a resident of New Baltimore, Greene County, New York.
In 1820 he referred to his wife, aged fifty-nine years, and his two daughters, aged twenty and seventeen years, no names stated.
There is no further data on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

45348
Rev INVALID.
File No. 45348
Timothy D. Lusk Pai Rev War
Act: 18 March 1815
Index: —Vol. 3, Page 144
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1926 Apr. 19 Lusk to Miss Mary Crews of W.P.A.
1929 Feb. 5 - Hish to DeWitt Cramm See letter in Nathaniel W. Brundage R. 1370 adj.

4733 N. Albany Ave.
Chicago. March 3d. 1926.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C. Sir:--
An ancestor named Timothy Driskill, was drawing a Revolutionary pension in Greene Co. N. Y. in 1818. Was born I think about 1739.
Will you kindly give me whatever family history and his service as he gave them in his application for pension?
This will be very much help to me in joining the D. A. R. by his service.
Yours very respectfully,
Mrs. Mary Attwood, 4733 N. Albany Ave. Chicago.
1st. Apt.
Mary Attwood.

Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
February 5, 1929.
DeWitt Cramm, 1 Thomas Avenue, Batavia, New York.
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 45348, it appears that Timothy Driskill enlisted at Valley Forge December 12, 1777, as private in Captain Manifold's Company in the Fourth Regiment of Continental Dragoons commanded by Colonel Moylan, and was discharged December 4, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, at which time he was sixty-four years of age and a resident of New Baltimore, Greene County, New York.
In 1820 he referred to his wife, aged fifty-nine years, and his two daughters, aged twenty and seventeen years, no names stated.
There are no further data on file relative to his family.
The above noted Timothy Driskill (all spellings of the name searched) is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.